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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.253 ian 19: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
20: <ul>
1.255 ian 21:
1.260 ian 22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 ! deraadt 23: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
! 24: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
! 25: TechRepublic,
! 26: April 28, 2003.
! 27: </strong></font><br>
! 28: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
! 29: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
! 30: work.
! 31: <p>
! 32:
! 33: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 34: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
35: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
36: IDG,
37: April 24, 2003.
38: </strong></font><br>
39: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
40: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
41: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
42: Can also be found online at:
43: <ul>
44: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
45: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
46: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
47: Infoworld.
48: </strong></font>
49: </ul>
50: <p>
51:
52: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
53: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 54: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 55: Slate,
56: April 24, 2003.
57: </strong></font><br>
58: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
59: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
60: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
61: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
62: <p>
63:
64: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 65: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
66: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
67: April 24, 2003.
68: </strong></font><br>
69: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
70: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
71: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
72: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
73: <p>
74:
75: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 76: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
77: April 24, 2003.
78: </strong></font><br>
79: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
80: the free software community".
81: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
82: other articles.
83: <p>
84:
85: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
86: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/24/politics/24HACK.html?ex=1051761600&en=87a56d5c962b64e4&ei=5062">Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
87: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
88: </strong></font><br>
89: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
90: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
91: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
92: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
93: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
94: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
95: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
96: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
97: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
98: <br/>
99: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
100: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
101: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
102: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 103: <br>
104: Can also be found online at:
105: <ul>
106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
107: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
108: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
109: Common Dreams NewsCenter
110: </strong></font>
111: </ul>
1.324 ian 112: <p>
113:
114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
115: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
116: Wired, April 24, 2003.
117: </strong></font><br>
118: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
119: article above.
120: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
121: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
122: wasting them."
123: <p>
124:
125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 126: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
127: </strong></font><br>
128: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
129: <p>
130:
131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 132: <a href="http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/04/23/3ea643207f30d">Federal funding abruptly cut for research project</a>, dailypennsylvanian.com, April 23, 2003.
133: </strong></font><br>
134: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
135: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
136: <p>
137:
138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 139: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
140: April 23, 2003.
141: </strong></font><br>
142: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
143: <p>
144:
145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 146: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 147: April 22, 2003.
148: </strong></font><br>
149: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
150: <p>
151:
152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 153: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
154: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
155: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 156: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 157: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
158: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
159: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
160: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
161: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
162: Can also be found online at:
163: <ul>
164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
165: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 166: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
167: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 168: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
170: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 171: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
172: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 173: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 174: </ul>
175: <p>
176:
177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 178: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
179: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 180: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 181: </strong></font><br>
182: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 183: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
184: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
185: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
186: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
187: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
188: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 189: <p>
190:
191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 192: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
193: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 194: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
195: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 196: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
197: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
198: at UPenn and DARPA.
199: <p>
200:
201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 202: [FRENCH] <a href="http://www.weblmi.com/news_store/2003_04_18_La_DARPA_coupe_les_v_32/News_view">La DARPA coupe les vivres a OpenBSD</a>, Le Monde, France
203: April 18, 2003.
204: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 205: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 206: <p>
207:
208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 209: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-18.04.03-002/">Aus der Traum: Keine US-Gelder für OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
1.306 deraadt 210: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 211: </strong></font><br>
212: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
213: <p>
214:
215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 216: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
217: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
218: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 219: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 220: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
221: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
222: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
223: <p>
224:
225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 226: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
227: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 228: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 229: </strong></font><br>
230: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
231: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
232: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 233: American century.
1.267 deraadt 234: <p>
235:
236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 237: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
238: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 239: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 240: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 241: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
242: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
243: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
244: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
245: Can also be found online at:
246: <ul>
247: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
248: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 249: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 250: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 251: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 252: <p>
253:
254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 255: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 256: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 257: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 258: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 259: </strong></font><br>
260: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 261: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
262: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
263: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
264: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 265:
266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
267: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
268: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
269: New York Times.
270: </strong></font>(free registration required)
271:
1.273 deraadt 272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
273: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 274: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 275: ABC News.
276: </strong></font>
277:
278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 279: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 280: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 281: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 282: </strong></font>
283:
284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 285: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 286: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 287: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 288: </strong></font>
289:
290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 291: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
292: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 293: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 294: </strong></font>
295:
296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 297: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 298: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 299: Times Daily, AL.
300: </strong></font>
301:
302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
303: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
304: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
305: Boston.com, MA.
306: </strong></font>
307:
308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 309: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 310: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 311: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
312: </strong></font>
313:
314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 315: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
316: [Article was pulled]</a>
317: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 318: </strong></font>
319:
320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
321: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
322: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
323: Infoshop News.
324: </strong></font>
325:
326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
327: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
328: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
329: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
330: </strong></font>
331:
332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 333: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
334: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
335: Raleigh News, NC.
336: </strong></font>
337:
338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 339: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
340: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
341: Napa News, CA.
342: </strong></font>
343:
344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 345: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 346: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
347: NEPA News, PA.
348: </strong></font>
349:
350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
351: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
352: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
353: Wired News.
354: </strong></font>
355:
1.271 deraadt 356: </ul>
357: <p>
1.272 deraadt 358: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
359: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 360: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
361: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
362: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
363: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
364: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
365: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 366: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 367: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
368: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
369: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 370: <p>
371: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 372:
373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 374: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 375: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
376: Indianapolis Star, IN.
377: </strong></font>
378:
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 380: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
381: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
382: Miami Herald, FL.
383: </strong></font>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 386: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 387: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
388: </strong></font>
389:
390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
391: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 392: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 393: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 394: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 395:
396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
397: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
398: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
399: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
400: ABC News.
401: </strong></font>
402:
1.276 deraadt 403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
404: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 405: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 406: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 407: </strong></font>
408:
1.286 dhartmei 409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 410: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 411: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
412: Wilmington Star, NC.
413: </strong></font>
414:
1.300 jose 415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
416: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
417: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
418: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
419: </strong></font>
420:
1.309 jose 421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
422: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
423: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
424: Globe Technology.
425: </strong></font>
426:
1.263 deraadt 427: </ul>
1.262 beck 428: <p>
429:
430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 431: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
432: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 433: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 434: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 435: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 436: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
437: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
438: <p>
439:
440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 441: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
442: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
443: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 444: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 445: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
446: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
447: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
448: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
449: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
450: and simply restates other press reports.
451: <p>
452:
453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 454: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
455: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
456: OS News, April 18, 2003.
457: </strong></font><br>
458: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
459: <p>
460:
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 462: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
463: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 464: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 465: </strong></font><br>
466: Another report on the DARPA funding.
467: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
468: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
469: <p>
470:
471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 ! deraadt 472: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
! 473: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
! 474: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
! 475: April 17, 2003.
! 476: </strong></font><br>
! 477: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
! 478: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
! 479: Tech Anthems</a>
! 480: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
! 481: 4 so far.
! 482: <p>
! 483:
! 484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 485: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
486: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 487: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 488: </strong></font><br>
489: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
490: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
491: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
492: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
493: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
494: Goes on to say:
495: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
496: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
497: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
498: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 499: This article is also found online at:
500: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
502: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
503: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
504: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 505: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
507: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
508: ZDnet</a>,
509: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 510: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
512: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
513: ZDnet Australia</a>,
514: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 515: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 516: </ul>
1.260 ian 517: <p>
1.279 deraadt 518:
1.260 ian 519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 520: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 521: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 522: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 523: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 524: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 525: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
526: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
527: without notice or justification.
528: <p>
529:
530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 531: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 532: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 533: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 534: </strong></font><br>
535: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
536: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 537: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 538: effective today, without any warning..."
539: <p>
1.257 ian 540:
541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 542: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
543: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 544: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 545: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 546: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
547: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
548: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
549: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
550: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 551: <p>
552:
553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 554: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
555: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 556: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 557: </strong></font><br>
558: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
559: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
560: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
561: quoting two of them:
562: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
563: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
564: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
565: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
566: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
567: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
568: <p>
569:
1.255 ian 570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 571: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
572: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 573: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 574: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 575: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 576: <p>
577:
578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 579: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-13.04.03-000/">OpenBSD mit neuem Sicherheitskonzept</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
1.306 deraadt 580: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 581: </strong></font><br>
582: New security concepts in OpenBSD
583: <p>
584:
585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 586: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
587: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 588: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 589: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 590: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 591: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
592: security experts for more than three decades."
593: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
594: <p>
1.261 ian 595:
1.254 drahn 596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 597: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 598: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 599: </strong></font><br>
600: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
601: <p>
602:
603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 604: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
605: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
606: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
607: </strong></font><br>
608: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
609: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
610: discussion OpenBSD's path.
611: <p>
612:
613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 614: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
615: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 616: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 617: </strong></font><br>
618: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
619: from US DARPA.
620: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
621: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
622: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
623: the BSD license.
624: <p>
625: </ul>
626:
1.251 ian 627: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
628: <ul>
629:
630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 631: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
632: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
633: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
634: </strong></font><br>
635:
636: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
637: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
638: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
639: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
640: <p>
641:
642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 643: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
644: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 645: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 646: </strong></font><br>
647: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
648: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
649: Mentions
650: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
651: and
652: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
653: programs.
654: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 655: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 656: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
657: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
658: <p>
1.325 ian 659: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
660: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 661:
662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
663: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
664: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
665: </strong></font><br>
666: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
667: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
668: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
669: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
670: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
671: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
672: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
673: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
674: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
675: put into service."
676: <p>
677: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
678: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
679: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
680: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
681: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
682: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
683: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
684: computers with security features."
685: <p>
1.329 ian 686:
687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
688: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
689: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
690: Slate,
691: March 3, 2003.
692: </strong></font><br>
693: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
694: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
695: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
696: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
697: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
698: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
699: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
700: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
701: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
702: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
703: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
704: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
705: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
706: of more secure open-source solutions like
707: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
708: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
709: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
710: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
711: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
712: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
713: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
714: the Beltway."
715: <p>
1.251 ian 716: </ul>
717:
1.249 jufi 718: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
719: <ul>
720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
721: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
722: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 723: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 724: </strong></font><br>
725: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
726: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 727: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 728: <p>
729: </ul>
730:
1.246 jufi 731: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 732: <ul>
1.246 jufi 733:
1.247 jufi 734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 735: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 736: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
737: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 738: </strong></font><br>
739: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
740: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
741: <p>
742:
1.247 jufi 743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 744: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
745: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
746: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
747: </strong></font><br>
748: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
749: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
750: <p>
751:
752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 753: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 754: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
755: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 756: </strong></font><br>
757: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
758: in their annual OpenHack security test.
759: <p>
1.247 jufi 760: </ul>
1.246 jufi 761:
1.244 jufi 762: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 763: <ul>
1.246 jufi 764:
1.247 jufi 765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 766: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
767: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
768: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 769: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 770: </strong></font><br>
771: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
772: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
773: md5 digests.
774: <p>
775:
1.247 jufi 776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 777: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 778: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
779: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 780: </strong></font><br>
781: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
782: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
783: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
784: right the first time."
785: <p>
1.247 jufi 786: </ul>
1.244 jufi 787:
788:
789: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 790: <ul>
1.244 jufi 791:
1.247 jufi 792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 793: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 794: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
795: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 796: </strong></font><br>
797: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
798: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
799: part 6</a>.
800: <p>
801:
1.247 jufi 802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 803: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 804: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
805: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 806: </strong></font><br>
807: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
808: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
809: <p>
1.301 jose 810:
811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
812: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
813: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
814: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
815: </strong></font><br>
816:
817: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
818: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
819: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
820: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
821: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
822: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
823: <i>Here's the
824: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
825: <p>
1.247 jufi 826: </ul>
1.242 jufi 827:
828: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 829: <ul>
1.242 jufi 830:
1.247 jufi 831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 832: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 833: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
834: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 835: </strong></font><br>
836: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
837: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
838: <p>
839:
1.247 jufi 840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 841: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 842: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
843: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 844: </strong></font><br>
845: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
846: this time using pf.
847: <p>
1.247 jufi 848: </ul>
1.242 jufi 849:
850: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 851: <ul>
1.242 jufi 852:
1.247 jufi 853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 854: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 855: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
856: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 857: </strong></font><br>
858: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
859: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
860: their rotation.
861: <p>
862:
1.247 jufi 863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 864: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 865: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
866: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 867: </strong></font><br>
868: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
869: <p>
1.247 jufi 870: </ul>
1.242 jufi 871:
1.239 jufi 872: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 873: <ul>
1.239 jufi 874:
1.247 jufi 875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 876: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 877: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
878: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 879: </strong></font><br>
880: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
881: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
882: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
883: <p>
884:
1.247 jufi 885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 886: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 887: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
888: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 889: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 890: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
891: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
892: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 893: <p>
1.247 jufi 894: </ul>
1.239 jufi 895:
1.235 lebel 896: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 897: <ul>
1.235 lebel 898:
1.239 jufi 899:
1.247 jufi 900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 901: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 902: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
903: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 904: </strong></font><br>
905: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
906: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
907: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
908: <p>
1.301 jose 909:
1.247 jufi 910: </ul>
1.235 lebel 911:
1.228 horacio 912: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 913: <ul>
1.228 horacio 914:
1.247 jufi 915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 916: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 917: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
918: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 919: </strong></font><br>
920: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
921: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
922: <p>
923:
1.247 jufi 924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 925: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 926: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
927: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 928: </strong></font><br>
929: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
930: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
931: <p>
932:
1.247 jufi 933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 934: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 935: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
936: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 937: </strong></font><br>
938: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
939: on the desktop of his parents.
940: <p>
941:
1.247 jufi 942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 943: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 944: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
945: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 946: </strong></font><br>
947: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
948: using IPFilter.
949:
950: <p>
951:
1.247 jufi 952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 953: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 954: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
955: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 956: </strong></font><br>
957: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
958: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
959: perspectives of the four OS.
960: <br>
961: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 962: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 963: <p>
964:
1.247 jufi 965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 966: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
967: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 968: software and security</a>,
969: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 970: </strong></font><br>
971:
972: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
973: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
974: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
975: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
976: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
977: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
978: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
979: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
980: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
981: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
982: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
983: security conscious team beyond doubt.
984: <p>
1.247 jufi 985: </ul>
1.228 horacio 986:
1.225 horacio 987: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 988: <ul>
1.225 horacio 989:
1.247 jufi 990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 991: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
992: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 993: Interview</a>,
994: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 995: </strong></font><br>
996:
997: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
998: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
999: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1000: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1001: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1002: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1003: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1004: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1005: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1006: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1007: of choice.
1008: <p>
1.247 jufi 1009: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1010:
1011: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1012: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1013:
1.247 jufi 1014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1015: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1016: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1017: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1018: </strong></font><br>
1019:
1020: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1021: <p>
1022:
1.247 jufi 1023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1024: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1025: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1026: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1027: </strong></font><br>
1028:
1029: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1030: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1031: <p>
1.247 jufi 1032: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1033:
1.218 horacio 1034: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1035: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1036:
1.247 jufi 1037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1038: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1039: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1040: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1041: </strong></font><br>
1042:
1043: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1044: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1045: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1046: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1047: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1048: subjects. Worth a read.
1049: <p>
1050:
1051:
1.247 jufi 1052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1053: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1054: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1055: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1056: </strong></font><br>
1057:
1058: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1059: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1060: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1061: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1062: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1063: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1064: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1065: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1066: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1067: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1068: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1069: on other operating systems.<br>
1070: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1071: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1072: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1073: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1074: <p>
1075:
1.247 jufi 1076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1077: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1078: Operating System 2010</a>,
1079: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1080: </strong></font><br>
1081:
1082: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1083: covering the level of software integration into the core
1084: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1085: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1086: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1087: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1088: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1089: <p>
1090:
1.247 jufi 1091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1092: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1093: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1094: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1095: </strong></font><br>
1096:
1097: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1098: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1099: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1100: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1101: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1102: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1103: <p>
1.247 jufi 1104: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1105:
1.210 jufi 1106: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1107: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1108:
1.247 jufi 1109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1110: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1111: Already a Contender</a>,
1112: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1113: </strong></font><br>
1114:
1115: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1116: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1117: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1118: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1119: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1120: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1121: <p>
1122:
1.247 jufi 1123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1124: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1125: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1126: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1127: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1128:
1.224 horacio 1129: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1130: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1131: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1132: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1133: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1134: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1135: <p>
1.247 jufi 1136: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1137:
1138: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1139: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1140:
1.247 jufi 1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1142: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1143: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1144: Division</a>,
1145: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1146: </strong></font><br>
1147:
1148: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1149: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1150: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1151: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1152: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1153: investment</em>.<br>
1154: The implementation details can be seen on their
1155: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1156: <p>
1157:
1.247 jufi 1158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1159: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1160: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1161: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1162: </strong></font><br>
1163:
1164: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1165: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1166: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1167: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1168: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1169: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1170: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1171: <p>
1172:
1173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1174: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1175: Thinking about Security</a>,
1176: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1177: </strong></font><br>
1178:
1179: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1180: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1181: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1182: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1183: to time.<br>
1184: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1185: system and just the most secure system.
1186: <p>
1187:
1.247 jufi 1188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1189: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1190: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1191: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1192: </strong></font><br>
1193:
1194: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1195: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1196: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1197: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1198: choice:<br>
1199: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1200: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1201: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1202: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1203: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1204: network security devices and as such must be well
1205: armored."</em><br>
1206: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1207: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1208: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1209: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1210: <br>
1211: Bravo!
1212: <p>
1.247 jufi 1213: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1214:
1.207 ian 1215: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1216: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1217:
1.247 jufi 1218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1219: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1220: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1221: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1222:
1.207 ian 1223: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1224: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1225: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1226: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1227: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1228: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1229: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1230: <p>
1.247 jufi 1231: </ul>
1.207 ian 1232:
1.194 jufi 1233: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1234: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1235:
1.247 jufi 1236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1237: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1238: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1239: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1240: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1241:
1.240 miod 1242: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1243: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1244: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1245: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1246: <p>
1247:
1.247 jufi 1248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1249: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1250: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1251: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1252:
1253: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1254: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1255: <p>
1256:
1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1258: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1259: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1260: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1261:
1262: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1263: <p>
1264:
1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1266: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1267: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1268: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1269: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1270:
1.240 miod 1271: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1272: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1273: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1274: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1275: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1276: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1277: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1278: <br>
1279: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1280: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1281: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1282: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1283: <p>
1284:
1.247 jufi 1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1286: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1287: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1288: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1289: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1290:
1.194 jufi 1291: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1292: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1293: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1294: <br>
1295: The new
1296: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1297: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1298: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1299: <p>
1.247 jufi 1300: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1301:
1.190 horacio 1302: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1303: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1304:
1.247 jufi 1305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1306:
1307: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1308: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1309:
1.301 jose 1310:
1.191 jufi 1311: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1312: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1313:
1314: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1315: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1316:
1.212 horacio 1317: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1318: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1319: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1320:
1.211 horacio 1321: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1322: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1323: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1324:
1.247 jufi 1325: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1326: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1327:
1.247 jufi 1328: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1329: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1330:
1.212 horacio 1331: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1332: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1333: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1334:
1335: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1336: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1337:
1338: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1339: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1340:
1.301 jose 1341: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1342: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1343:
1.191 jufi 1344: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1345: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1346:
1347: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1348: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1349:
1.192 jufi 1350: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1351: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1352: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1353:
1.193 deraadt 1354: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1355: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1356: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1357:
1.247 jufi 1358: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1359: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1360:
1.247 jufi 1361: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1362: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1363: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1364:
1.213 horacio 1365: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1366: OpenBSD gets brand-new packet filter</a> <em>(Slashdot echoes OpenBSD <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> development.)</em>,
1.213 horacio 1367: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1368:
1.190 horacio 1369: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1370: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1371: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1372: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1373: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1374: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1375: <p>
1.190 horacio 1376:
1.247 jufi 1377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1378: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1379: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1380: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1381: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1382:
1.195 jufi 1383: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1384: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1385: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1386: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1387: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1388: <p>
1389:
1.247 jufi 1390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1391: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1392: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1393: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1394: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1395:
1.191 jufi 1396: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1397: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1398: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1399: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1400: <p>
1401:
1402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1403: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1404: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1405: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1406:
1407: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1408: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1409: <p>
1.247 jufi 1410: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1411:
1.191 jufi 1412:
1.186 jufi 1413: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1414: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1415:
1.247 jufi 1416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1417: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1418: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1419: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1420: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1421:
1.188 jufi 1422: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1423: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1424: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1425: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1426: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1427: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1428: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1429: <p>
1430:
1.301 jose 1431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1432: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1433: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1434: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1435:
1436: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1437: <p>
1.191 jufi 1438:
1.247 jufi 1439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1440: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1441: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1442: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1443: </strong></font><br>
1444:
1445: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1446: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1447: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1448: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1449: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1450: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1451: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1452: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1453: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1454: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1455: familiar?
1456: <p>
1.247 jufi 1457: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1458:
1.178 louis 1459: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1460: <ul>
1.178 louis 1461:
1.247 jufi 1462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1463: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1464: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1465: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1466: </strong></font><br>
1467:
1468: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1469: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1470: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1471: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1472: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1473: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1474: <p>
1475:
1.247 jufi 1476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1477: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1478: Open source under the hood</a>,
1479: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1480: </strong></font><br>
1481:
1482: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1483: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1484: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1485: <p>
1486:
1.247 jufi 1487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1488: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1489: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1490: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1491: </strong></font><br>
1492:
1493: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1494: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1495: <p>
1.247 jufi 1496: </ul>
1.179 louis 1497:
1.174 louis 1498:
1.175 louis 1499: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1500: <ul>
1.175 louis 1501:
1.247 jufi 1502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1503: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1504: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1505: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1506: </strong></font><br>
1507:
1508: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1509: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1510: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1511: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1512: <p>
1513:
1.247 jufi 1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1515: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1516: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1517: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1518: </strong></font><br>
1519:
1520: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1521: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1522: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1523: <p>
1.247 jufi 1524: </ul>
1.175 louis 1525:
1.176 louis 1526:
1.172 mickey 1527: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1528: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1529:
1.247 jufi 1530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1531: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1532: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1533: </strong></font><br>
1534:
1535: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1536: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1537: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1538: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1539: <p>
1540:
1.247 jufi 1541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1542: <a
1.269 deraadt 1543: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1544: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1545: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1546: </strong></font><br>
1547:
1548: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1549: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1550: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1551: <p>
1552:
1.247 jufi 1553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1554: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1555: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1556: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1557: </strong></font><br>
1558:
1559: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1560: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1561: <p>
1562:
1.247 jufi 1563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1564: <a
1.269 deraadt 1565: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1566: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1567: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1568: </strong></font><br>
1569:
1570: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1571: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1572: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1573: our own Theo de Raadt.
1574: <p>
1575:
1.247 jufi 1576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1577: <a
1.269 deraadt 1578: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1579: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1580: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1581: </strong></font><br>
1582:
1583: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1584: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1585: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1586: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1587: shut down.]
1588: <p>
1589:
1.247 jufi 1590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1591: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1592: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1593: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1594: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1595: </strong></font><br>
1596:
1597: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1598: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1599: <p>
1.247 jufi 1600: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1601:
1.161 louis 1602: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1603: <ul>
1.161 louis 1604:
1.247 jufi 1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1606: <a
1.269 deraadt 1607: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1608: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1609: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1610: </strong></font><br>
1611:
1612: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1613: by John Wolley
1614: <p>
1615:
1.247 jufi 1616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1617: <a
1.269 deraadt 1618: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1619: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1620: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1621: </strong></font><br>
1622:
1623: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1624: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1625: OpenBSD).
1626: <p>
1627:
1.247 jufi 1628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1629: <a
1.247 jufi 1630: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1631: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1632: </strong></font><br>
1633:
1634: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1635: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1636: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1637: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1638: and hindsight.
1639: <p>
1640:
1.247 jufi 1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1642: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1643: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1644: </strong></font><br>
1645:
1646: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1647: <p>
1648:
1.247 jufi 1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1650: <a
1.168 provos 1651: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1652: December 7, 2000
1653: </strong></font><br>
1654:
1655: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1656: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1657: us explain.
1658: <p>
1659:
1.247 jufi 1660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1661: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1662: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1663: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1664: December 6, 2000
1665: </strong></font><br>
1666:
1667: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1668: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1669: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1670: <p>
1671:
1.247 jufi 1672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1673: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1674: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1675: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1676: </strong></font><br>
1677:
1678: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1679: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1680: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1681: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1682: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1683: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1684: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1685: <p>
1686:
1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1688: <a
1.226 horacio 1689: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1690: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1691: </strong></font><br>
1692:
1693: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1694: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1695: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1696: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1697: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1698: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1699: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1700: <p>
1.162 millert 1701:
1.247 jufi 1702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1703: <a
1.161 louis 1704: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1705: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1706: </strong></font><br>
1707:
1708: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1709: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1710: <p>
1711:
1.247 jufi 1712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1713: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1714: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1715: </strong></font><br>
1716:
1717: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1718: <p>
1719:
1720:
1.247 jufi 1721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1722: <a
1.226 horacio 1723: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1724: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1725: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1726: </strong></font><br>
1727:
1728: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1729: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1730: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1731: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1732: <p>
1.247 jufi 1733: </ul>
1.169 louis 1734:
1.158 louis 1735: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1736: <ul>
1.147 louis 1737:
1.247 jufi 1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1739: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1740: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1741: </strong></font><br>
1742:
1743: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1744: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1745: <p>
1746:
1.247 jufi 1747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1748: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1749: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1750: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1751: </strong></font><br>
1752: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1753: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1754: <p>
1755:
1.247 jufi 1756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1757: <a
1758: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1759: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1760: </strong></font><br>
1761:
1762: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1763: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1764: <p>
1765:
1.247 jufi 1766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1767: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1768: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1769: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1770:
1.213 horacio 1771: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1772: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1773: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1774: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1775: <p>
1.215 horacio 1776:
1.247 jufi 1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1778: <a
1779: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1780: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1781: </strong></font><br>
1782:
1783: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1784: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1785: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1786: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1787: much of the attitude too).
1788: <p>
1.161 louis 1789:
1.247 jufi 1790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1791: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1792: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1793: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1794:
1.157 louis 1795: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1796: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1797: <p>
1.247 jufi 1798: </ul>
1.157 louis 1799:
1800: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1801: <ul>
1.157 louis 1802:
1.247 jufi 1803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1804: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1805: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1806: </strong></font><br>
1807:
1808: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1809: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1810: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1811: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1812: <p>
1813:
1.247 jufi 1814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1815: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1816: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1817: </strong></font><br>
1818:
1819: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1820: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1821: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1822: it because they love coding...
1823: <p>
1824:
1.247 jufi 1825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1826: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1827: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1828: </strong></font><br>
1829:
1830: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1831: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1832: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1833: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1834: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1835: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1836: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1837: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1838: <p>
1839:
1.247 jufi 1840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1841: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1842: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1843: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1844: </strong></font><br>
1845:
1846: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1847: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1848: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1849: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1850: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1851: the pizza.
1852: <p>
1853:
1.247 jufi 1854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1855: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1856: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1857: </strong></font><br>
1858:
1859: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1860: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1861: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1862: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1863: problems.
1864: <p>
1865:
1.247 jufi 1866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1867: <a href="http://napalm.osuny.co.uk/txt/issue7.txt">Using IPSEC and Samba to integrate Windows Networks</a>, Napalm, October 6, 2000
1.154 louis 1868: </strong></font><br>
1869:
1.222 miod 1870: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1871: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1872: - whether they like it or not.
1873: <p>
1874:
1.247 jufi 1875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1876: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1877: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1878: </strong></font><br>
1879:
1880: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1881: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1882: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1883: <p>
1.148 aaron 1884:
1.247 jufi 1885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1886: <a href="http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20001003S0001/1">The Pros and Cons of Posting Vulnerabilities</a>, Network Magazine, October 5, 2000
1.156 louis 1887: </strong></font><br>
1888:
1889: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1890: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1891: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1892: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1893: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1894: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1895: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1896: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1897: <p>
1898:
1.247 jufi 1899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1900: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1901: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1902: </strong></font><br>
1903:
1904: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1905: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1906: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1907: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1908: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1909: <p>
1.247 jufi 1910: </ul>
1.147 louis 1911:
1.138 louis 1912: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1913: <ul>
1.138 louis 1914:
1.247 jufi 1915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1916: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1917: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1918: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1919: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1920: </strong></font><br>
1921:
1.227 horacio 1922: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1923: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1924: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1925: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1926: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1927: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1928: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1929: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1930: <p>
1931:
1.247 jufi 1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1933: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1934: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1935: </strong></font><br>
1936:
1937: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1938: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1939: groups, and even Linux.
1940: <p>
1941:
1.247 jufi 1942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1943: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1944: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1945: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1946: </strong></font><br>
1947:
1948: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1949: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1950: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1951: library after installing the OS.
1952: <p>
1953:
1.247 jufi 1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1955: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1956: Sys Admin, September 2000
1957: </strong></font><br>
1958:
1959: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1960: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1961: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1962: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1963: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vpn&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">vpn(8)</a>,
1964: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1965: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1966: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">isakmpd(8)</a>) and the OpenBSD
1.189 horacio 1967: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1968: out of the system.
1969: <p>
1970:
1.247 jufi 1971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1972: <a href="http://www.osOpinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD, OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, September 2000
1973: </strong></font><br>
1974:
1975: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1976: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1977: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1978: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1979: the IP filtering and address translation.
1980: <p>
1.301 jose 1981:
1982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1983: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1984: </strong></font><br>
1985:
1986: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1987: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1988: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1989: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1990: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1991: <p>
1.247 jufi 1992: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1993:
1.131 louis 1994: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1995: <ul>
1.131 louis 1996:
1.247 jufi 1997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1998: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1999: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2000: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2001: </strong></font><br>
2002:
2003: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2004: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2005: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2006: <p>
2007:
1.247 jufi 2008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2009: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2010: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2011: </strong></font><br>
2012:
2013: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2014: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2015: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2016: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2017: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2018: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2019: note of"</i>.
2020: <p>
2021:
1.247 jufi 2022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2023: <a
1.247 jufi 2024: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2025: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2026: </strong></font><br>
2027:
2028: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2029: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2030: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2031: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2032: <p>
2033:
1.247 jufi 2034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2035: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2036: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2037: </strong></font><br>
2038:
2039: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2040: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2041: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2042: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2043: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2044: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2045: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2046: <p>
2047:
1.247 jufi 2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2049: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2050: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2051: 2000
2052: </strong></font><br>
2053:
2054: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2055: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2056: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2057: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2058: against current industry practices.
2059: <p>
2060:
1.247 jufi 2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2062: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/08/OpenBSD.html">An Overview of OpenBSD Security</a>, OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 8, 2000
2063: </strong></font><br>
2064:
2065: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2066: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2067: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2068: <p>
2069:
1.247 jufi 2070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2071: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2072: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2073: </strong></font><br>
2074:
2075: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2076: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2077: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2078: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2079: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2080: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2081: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2082: <p>
2083:
1.247 jufi 2084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2085: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2086: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2087: </strong></font><br>
2088:
2089: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2090: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2091: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2092: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2093: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2094: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2095: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2096: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2097: <p>
1.247 jufi 2098: </ul>
1.131 louis 2099:
1.118 louis 2100: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2101: <ul>
1.118 louis 2102:
1.247 jufi 2103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2104: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2105: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2106: </strong></font><br>
2107:
2108: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2109: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2110: about time. The article mentions that
2111: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2112: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2113: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2114: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2115: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2116: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2117: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2118: <p>
2119:
1.247 jufi 2120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2121: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2122: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2123: </strong></font><br>
2124:
2125: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2126: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2127: of OpenSSH.
2128: <p>
2129:
1.247 jufi 2130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2131: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2132: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2133: </strong></font><br>
2134:
2135: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2136: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2137: bridging.
2138: <p>
2139:
1.247 jufi 2140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2141: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2142: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2143: </strong></font><br>
2144:
1.121 deraadt 2145: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2146: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2147: <p>
2148:
1.247 jufi 2149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2150: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2151: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2152: </strong></font><br>
2153:
2154: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2155: <p>
2156:
1.247 jufi 2157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2158: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2159: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2160: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2161: </strong></font><br>
2162:
1.120 deraadt 2163: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2164: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2165: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2166: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2167: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2168: <p>
2169:
1.247 jufi 2170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2171: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2172: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2173: </strong></font><br>
2174:
1.222 miod 2175: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2176: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2177: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2178: protocols and their quirks.
2179: <p>
2180:
1.247 jufi 2181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2182: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2183: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2184: </strong></font><br>
2185:
2186: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2187: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2188: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2189: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2190: <p>
2191:
1.247 jufi 2192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2193: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2194: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2195: </strong></font><br>
2196:
2197: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2198: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2199: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2200: <p>
2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2203: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2204: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2205: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2206: </strong></font><br>
2207:
2208: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2209: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2210: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2211: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2212: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2213: <p>
1.247 jufi 2214: </ul>
1.118 louis 2215:
1.104 louis 2216: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2217: <ul>
1.104 louis 2218:
1.247 jufi 2219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2220: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2221: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2222: </strong></font><br>
2223:
2224: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2225: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2226: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2227: be a bit dry.
2228: <p>
2229:
1.247 jufi 2230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2231: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2232: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2233: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2234: </strong></font><br>
2235: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2236: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2237: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2238: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2239: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2240: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2241: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2242: <p>
2243:
1.247 jufi 2244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2245: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2246: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2247: 2000
1.128 louis 2248: </strong></font><br>
2249:
2250: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2251: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2252: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2253: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2254: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2255: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2256: <p>
2257:
1.247 jufi 2258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2259: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2260: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2261: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2262:
2263: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2264: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2265: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2266: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2267: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2268: <p>
1.110 louis 2269:
1.247 jufi 2270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2271: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2272: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2273: </strong></font><br>
2274:
2275: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2276: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2277: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2278: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2279: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2280: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2281: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2282: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2283: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2284: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2285: <p>
2286:
1.247 jufi 2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2288: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2289: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2290:
2291: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2292: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2293: <p>
1.108 louis 2294:
1.247 jufi 2295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2296: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2297: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2298: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2299:
2300: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2301: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2302: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2303: <p>
1.106 louis 2304:
1.247 jufi 2305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2306: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2307: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2308: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2309:
2310: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2311: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2312: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2313: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2314: <p>
1.107 louis 2315:
1.247 jufi 2316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2317: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2318: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2319: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2320:
2321: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2322: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2323: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2324: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2325: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2326: <p>
1.105 louis 2327:
1.247 jufi 2328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2329: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2330: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2331: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2332:
1.113 naddy 2333: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2334: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2335: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2336: <p>
1.104 louis 2337:
1.247 jufi 2338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2339: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2340: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2341: </strong></font><br>
2342:
2343: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2344: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2345: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2346: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2347: <p>
1.301 jose 2348:
2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2350: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2351: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2352: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2353:
2354: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2355: hardware-supported cryptography.
2356: <p>
1.247 jufi 2357: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2358:
1.85 louis 2359: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2360: <ul>
1.85 louis 2361:
1.247 jufi 2362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2363: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2364: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2365: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2366:
2367: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2368: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2369: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2370: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2371: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2372: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2373: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2374: <p>
1.99 louis 2375:
1.247 jufi 2376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2377: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2378: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2379: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2380:
2381: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2382: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2383: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2384: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2385: <p>
1.100 louis 2386:
1.247 jufi 2387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2388: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2389: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2390: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2391:
2392: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2393: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2394: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2395: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2396: <p>
1.95 louis 2397:
1.247 jufi 2398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2399: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2400: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2401: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2402:
2403: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2404: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2405: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2406: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2407: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2408: <p>
1.92 louis 2409:
1.247 jufi 2410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2411: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2412: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2413: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2414:
2415: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2416: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2417: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2418: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2419: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2420: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2421: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2422: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2423: <p>
1.91 louis 2424:
1.247 jufi 2425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2426: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2427: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2428: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2429:
2430: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2431: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2432: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2433: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2434: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2435: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2436: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2437: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2438: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2439: <p>
1.90 louis 2440:
1.247 jufi 2441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2442: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2443: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2444: </strong></font><br>
2445: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2446: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2447: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2448: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2449: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2450: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2451: <p>
2452:
1.247 jufi 2453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2454: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2455: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2456: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2457:
1.113 naddy 2458: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2459: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2460: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2461: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2462: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2463: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2464: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2465: <p>
1.87 louis 2466:
1.247 jufi 2467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2468: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2469: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2470: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2471:
2472: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2473: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2474: <p>
1.85 louis 2475:
1.247 jufi 2476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2477: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2478: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2479: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2480:
2481: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2482: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2483: <p>
2484:
2485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2486: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2487: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2488: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2489:
2490: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2491: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2492: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2493: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2494: <p>
1.89 louis 2495:
1.247 jufi 2496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2497: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2498: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2499: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2500:
2501: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2502: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2503: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2504: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2505: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2506: </ul>
1.85 louis 2507:
1.78 deraadt 2508: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2509: <ul>
1.74 louis 2510:
1.247 jufi 2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2512: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2513: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2514: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2515: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2516:
2517: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2518: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2519: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2520: <p>
1.83 louis 2521:
1.247 jufi 2522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2523: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2524: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2525: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2526:
2527: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2528: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2529: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2530: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2531: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2532: <p>
1.93 louis 2533:
1.247 jufi 2534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2535: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2536: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2537: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2538: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2539:
1.83 louis 2540: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2541: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2542: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2543: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2544: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2545: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2546: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2547: <p>
1.82 aaron 2548:
1.247 jufi 2549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2550: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2551: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2552: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2553:
1.83 louis 2554: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2555: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2556: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2557: <p>
1.80 louis 2558:
1.247 jufi 2559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2560: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2561: Bad Press</a>,
2562: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2563: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2564:
2565: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2566: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2567: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2568: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2569: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2570: <p>
1.247 jufi 2571: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2572:
2573: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2574: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2575:
1.247 jufi 2576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2577: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2578: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2579: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2580: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2581:
2582: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2583: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2584: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2585: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2586: <p>
1.74 louis 2587:
1.247 jufi 2588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2589: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2590: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2591: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2592:
1.219 horacio 2593: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2594: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2595: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2596: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2597: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2598: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2599: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2600: <p>
1.88 louis 2601:
1.247 jufi 2602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2603: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2604: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2605: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2606:
2607: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2608: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2609: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2610: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2611: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2612: <p>
1.81 louis 2613:
1.247 jufi 2614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2615: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2616: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2617: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2618:
2619: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2620: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2621: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2622: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2623: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2624: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2625: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2626: <p>
1.90 louis 2627:
1.247 jufi 2628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2629: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2630: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2631: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2632:
2633: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2634: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2635: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2636: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2637: <p>
1.247 jufi 2638: </ul>
1.71 louis 2639:
1.69 deraadt 2640: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2641: <ul>
1.70 louis 2642:
1.247 jufi 2643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2644: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2645: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2646: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2647:
2648: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2649: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2650: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2651: <p>
1.70 louis 2652:
1.247 jufi 2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2654: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2655: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2656: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2657:
2658: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2659: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2660: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2661: <p>
1.68 louis 2662:
1.247 jufi 2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2664: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2665: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2666: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2667: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2668:
1.111 jufi 2669: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2670: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2671: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2672: "secure by default" installation.
2673: <p>
1.64 louis 2674:
1.247 jufi 2675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2676: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2677: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2678: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2679:
1.113 naddy 2680: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2681: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2682: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2683: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2684: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2685: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2686: <p>
1.66 louis 2687:
1.247 jufi 2688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2689: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2690: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2691: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2692:
2693: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2694: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2695: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2696: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2697: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2698: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2699: <p>
1.83 louis 2700:
1.247 jufi 2701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2702: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2703: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2704: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2705:
2706: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2707: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2708: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2709: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2710: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2711: <p>
1.64 louis 2712:
1.247 jufi 2713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2714: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2715: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2716: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2717:
2718: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2719: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2720: <p>
1.301 jose 2721:
2722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2723: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2724: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2725: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2726: </strong></font><br>
2727:
2728: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2729: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2730: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2731: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2732: Giving way to
2733: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2734: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2735: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2736: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2737: <p>
1.247 jufi 2738: </ul>
1.65 louis 2739:
1.69 deraadt 2740: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2741: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2742:
1.247 jufi 2743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2744: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2745: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2746: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2747:
2748: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2749: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2750: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2751: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2752: <p>
1.88 louis 2753:
1.247 jufi 2754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2755: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/linux/news/0,6423,2426206,00.html">Opening up, government style</a>, ZDNet, January 24, 2000
1.113 naddy 2756: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2757:
2758: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2759: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2760: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2761: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2762: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2763: <p>
1.60 louis 2764:
1.247 jufi 2765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2766: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2767: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2768: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2769: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2770:
2771: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2772: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2773: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2774: <p>
1.58 louis 2775:
1.247 jufi 2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2777: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2778: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2779:
2780: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2781: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2782: <p>
1.53 louis 2783:
1.247 jufi 2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2785: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2786: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2787: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2788:
2789: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2790: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2791: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2792: <p>
1.99 louis 2793:
1.247 jufi 2794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2795: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2796: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2797:
2798: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2799: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2800: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2801: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2802: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2803:
1.247 jufi 2804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2805: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2806: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2807: </strong></font><br>
2808:
2809: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2810: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2811: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2812: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2813: <p>
2814:
1.247 jufi 2815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2816: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2817: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2818: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2819:
2820: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2821: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2822: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2823:
1.247 jufi 2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2825: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2826: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2827:
2828: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2829: in
1.247 jufi 2830: <a href="http://www.canadacomputes.com/cc/section/pub/1,1100,33,00.html?pub=1&iss=52">The Computer Paper</a>.
1.53 louis 2831: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2832: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2833: <p>
1.53 louis 2834:
1.247 jufi 2835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2836: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2837: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2838: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2839: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2840:
1.58 louis 2841: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2842: <p>
1.301 jose 2843:
2844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2845: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2846: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2847: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2848: Informacyjny, January 2000
2849: </strong></font><br>
2850:
2851: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2852: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2853: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2854: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2855: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2856: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2857: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2858: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2859: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2860: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2861: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2862: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2863: <p>
2864:
2865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2866: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2867: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2868: </strong></font><br>
2869:
2870: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2871: <p>
2872: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2873:
1.69 deraadt 2874: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2875: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2876:
1.247 jufi 2877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2878: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2879: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2880: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2881: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2882:
1.58 louis 2883: Kurt Seifried
2884: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2885: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2886: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2887: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2888:
1.247 jufi 2889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2890: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2891: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2892: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2893:
2894: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2895: <p>
1.96 louis 2896:
1.247 jufi 2897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2898: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
2899: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
2900: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
2901: </strong></font><br>
2902:
2903: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
2904: <p>
2905:
2906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2907: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2908: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2909: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2910:
2911: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2912: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2913: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2914: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2915: <p>
1.247 jufi 2916: </ul>
1.86 louis 2917:
1.69 deraadt 2918: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2919: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2920:
1.247 jufi 2921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2922: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2923: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2924: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2925:
2926: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2927: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2928: <p>
1.61 louis 2929:
1.247 jufi 2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2931: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2932: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2933: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2934: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2935:
2936: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2937: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2938: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2939: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2940: right -- or at least strives to".
2941: <p>
1.48 louis 2942:
1.247 jufi 2943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2944: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2945: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2946: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2947: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2948: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2949: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2950: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2951: <p>
1.61 louis 2952:
1.247 jufi 2953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://slashdot.org/interviews/99/11/04/1716225.shtml">UK Royal Family webmaster prefers OpenBSD</a>,
1.48 louis 2954: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2955: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2956:
2957: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2958: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2959: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2960: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2961: <p>
1.46 louis 2962:
1.247 jufi 2963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2964: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2965: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2966: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2967:
2968: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2969: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2970: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2971:
1.247 jufi 2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2973: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2974: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2975: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2976:
2977: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2978: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2979: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2980: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2981: <p>
1.247 jufi 2982: </ul>
1.70 louis 2983:
1.69 deraadt 2984: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2985: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2986:
1.247 jufi 2987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2988: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2989: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2990: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2991: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2992:
2993: Kurt Seifried
2994: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2995: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2996: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2997: <p>
1.44 philen 2998:
1.247 jufi 2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/22/1157259&mode=thread">Interview with The Cult of the Dead Cow</a>,
1.41 louis 3000: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3001: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3002:
3003: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3004: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3005:
1.247 jufi 3006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.lwn.net/1999/1014/security.phtml">The existence of OpenSSH-1.0 has been confirmed</a>,
1.37 louis 3007: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3008: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3009:
3010: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3011: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3012:
1.247 jufi 3013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www10.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/biztech/articles/11code.html">Easing on Software Exports Has Limits</a>,
1.36 louis 3014: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3015: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3016:
3017: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3018: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3019: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3020: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3021: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3022:
1.247 jufi 3023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.netsec.net/press_100699.html">NSTI announces commercial support services for OpenBSD</a>,
1.34 beck 3024: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3025: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3026:
1.36 louis 3027: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3028: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3029:
1.247 jufi 3030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3031: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3032: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3033: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3034:
3035: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3036: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3037: </ul>
1.38 louis 3038:
1.69 deraadt 3039: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3040: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3041:
1.247 jufi 3042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/technology/stories/990930/2929913.html">Calgarian heads team ensuring OpenBSD security</a>,
1.38 louis 3043: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3044: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3045:
3046: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3047: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3048: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3049:
1.113 naddy 3050: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3051: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3052: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3053: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3054:
3055: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3056: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3057: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3058: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3059: <blockquote>
3060: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3061: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3062: <br>
3063: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3064: </code>
3065: </blockquote>
3066: <p>
3067:
1.247 jufi 3068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3069: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?/features/990927hack.htm">Hack this! Microsoft and its critics dispute software-security issues, but users make the final call</a>, Infoworld, Sept. 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
3070: <p>
3071:
3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3073: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/28/ms.security.idg/index.html">Microsoft: Bad security, or bad press?</a>, CNN, Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 3074: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3075:
3076: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3077: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3078: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3079: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3080:
1.247 jufi 3081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3082: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3083: Sept. 28, 1999
3084: </strong></font><br>
3085:
3086: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3087: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3088: translating and reprinting articles from
3089: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3090: <p>
3091:
3092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3093: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg183.htm">Open source has roots in the Net</a>, USA Today, Sept. 20, 1999
1.113 naddy 3094: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3095:
3096: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3097: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3098: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3099: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3100: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3101: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3102: <p>
1.19 louis 3103:
1.113 naddy 3104: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3105: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3106: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3107:
3108: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3109: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3110: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3111: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3112: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3113: <p>
1.16 louis 3114:
1.247 jufi 3115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3116: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3117: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3118: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3119:
1.57 louis 3120: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3121: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3122: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3123: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3124:
1.247 jufi 3125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3126: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3127: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3128: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3129:
1.113 naddy 3130: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3131:
1.247 jufi 3132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3133: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3134: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3135: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3136:
1.23 louis 3137: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3138: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3139: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3140: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3141: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3142: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3143:
1.247 jufi 3144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3145: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3146: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3147: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3148:
1.199 pvalchev 3149: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3150: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3151: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3152: installation.
1.113 naddy 3153: <p>
1.47 louis 3154:
1.247 jufi 3155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3156: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3157: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3158: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3159:
1.301 jose 3160: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3161: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3162: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3163: </ul>
1.57 louis 3164:
1.69 deraadt 3165: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3166: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3167:
1.247 jufi 3168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3169: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3170: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3171: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3172:
3173: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3174: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3175: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3176: <p>
1.12 louis 3177:
1.247 jufi 3178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3179: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3180: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3181: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3182:
3183: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3184: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3185: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3186: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3187: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3188: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3189: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3190: <p>
1.247 jufi 3191: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3192:
1.69 deraadt 3193: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3194: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3195:
1.247 jufi 3196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3197: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3198: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3199:
3200: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3201: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3202: available."
1.113 naddy 3203: <p>
1.301 jose 3204:
3205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3206: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3207: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3208: </strong></font><br>
3209:
3210: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3211: <p>
1.247 jufi 3212: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3213:
1.69 deraadt 3214: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3215: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3216:
1.247 jufi 3217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3218: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3219: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3220:
3221: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3222: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3223: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3224: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3225: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3226: <p>
1.33 louis 3227:
1.247 jufi 3228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3229: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3230: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3231: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3232:
1.113 naddy 3233: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3234: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3235: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3236: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3237: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3238: <p>
1.247 jufi 3239: </ul>
1.57 louis 3240:
1.69 deraadt 3241: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3242: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3243:
1.247 jufi 3244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3245: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3246: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3247: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3248:
3249: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3250: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3251: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3252:
1.247 jufi 3253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3254: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3255: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3256: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3257: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3258:
3259: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3260: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3261:
1.247 jufi 3262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3263: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3264:
1.113 naddy 3265: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3266:
1.247 jufi 3267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3268: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3269: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3270: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3271:
3272: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3273: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3274: </ul>
1.23 louis 3275:
1.69 deraadt 3276: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3277: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3278:
1.247 jufi 3279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3280: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3281: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3282:
3283: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3284: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3285: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3286:
1.247 jufi 3287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3288: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 3289: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3290: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3291:
3292: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3293: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3294: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3295: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3296: </ul>
1.57 louis 3297:
1.69 deraadt 3298: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3299: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3300:
1.247 jufi 3301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3302: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3303: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3304: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3305:
3306: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3307: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3308: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3309: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3310: <p>
1.15 louis 3311:
1.247 jufi 3312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3313: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3314: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3315: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3316:
3317: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3318: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3319: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3320: columns."
1.113 naddy 3321: <p>
1.247 jufi 3322: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3323:
1.69 deraadt 3324: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3325: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3326:
1.247 jufi 3327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3328: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3329: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3330: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3331:
3332: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3333: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3334:
1.113 naddy 3335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3336: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3337: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3338:
3339: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3340: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3341: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3342: </ul>
1.57 louis 3343:
1.69 deraadt 3344: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3345: <ul>
1.301 jose 3346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3347: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3348: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3349: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3350:
3351: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3352: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3353: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3354: <p>
3355:
3356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3357: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3358: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3359: Nov 13, 1998 and
3360: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3361: Datateknik</a>,
3362: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3363:
3364: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3365: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3366: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3367: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3368: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3369:
1.113 naddy 3370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3371: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3372: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3373: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3374:
1.222 miod 3375: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3376: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3377: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3378: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3379: <p>
1.247 jufi 3380: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3381:
1.69 deraadt 3382: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3383: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3384:
1.247 jufi 3385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3386: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3387: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3388:
1.69 deraadt 3389: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3390: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3391: <p>
1.247 jufi 3392: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3393:
1.69 deraadt 3394: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3395: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3396:
1.247 jufi 3397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3398: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3399: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3400: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3401:
3402: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3403: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3404: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3405:
1.247 jufi 3406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3407: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3408: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3409: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3410: <p>
1.247 jufi 3411: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3412:
1.69 deraadt 3413: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3414: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3415:
1.247 jufi 3416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3417: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3418: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3419: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3420: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3421: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3422:
3423: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3424: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3425: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3426: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3427: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3428: <p>
1.247 jufi 3429: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3430:
3431: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3432: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3433:
1.247 jufi 3434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3435: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3436: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3437:
1.69 deraadt 3438: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3439: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3440: <p>
1.112 naddy 3441:
1.247 jufi 3442: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3443: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3444:
1.292 camield 3445: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3446: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3447: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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